Unfortunately, there are those who talk of our educational systems as producing a product, as if somehow our elementary and secondary school system is a manufacturing plant with some sort of production line putting out individuals who are capable of taking their place in society. Broad regulation of public schools is typically accomplished through a state education agency and a state department of education. I believe in America’s public schools. As a result, government schools may not have a legal monopoly to educate our kids, but they have a de-facto monopoly, and the educrats know this.
Almost every school district and 70% of schools receive some Title I money, but the current investment in Title I — $15.8 billion — is not nearly enough to make up for state-level funding inequities. Often, sexual education in schools is considered as a recreational course rather than a serious issue.
11 Some schools …
Any parent or educator knows that rating students and their schools is a big deal. Panama has 11 years of compulsory education, from Pre-kindergarten to 9th grade, with children first entering at 4 or 5 years old and parents are required by law to give financial support to their childen until they are 25 years old if they are studying.